THE LAWRENCE WELK STORY

GRT MUSIC PRODUCTIONS, IN ASSOCIATION
WITH RANWOOD RECORDS AND LAWRENCE WELK PRESENTS

THE LAWRENCE WELK STORY

THE LIFE AND CAREER OF THE CHAMPAGNE MUSIC MAKER IN MUSIC AND PICTURES

GRT
C1974 GRT CORP.


Produced by GRT Music Productions, Sunnyvale, Calif.

Executive Producer: J. H. Levy

Executive Producer For Ranwood Records: Larry Welk, Jr.

Musical Director: George Cates

All Music Produced by George Cates, Randy Wood and Lawrence Welk.

STEREO GRT

Manufactured/Printed in USA C 1974 GRT Corp.



The Early Days

Record 1 Side A

1 Baby Face - The Hotsy Totsy Boys

2 Over The Waves

3 Spaghetti Rag

4 Champagne Polka

5 Smiles - The Hotsy Totsy Boys

6 Clarinet Polka
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra


The Early Days

Record 1 Side B

1 Helena Polka

2 Put Your Little Foot

3 Pagan Love Song - The Hotsy Totsy Boys

4 Double Eagle Polka

5 German Waltz Medley

6 Medley - Little Brown Jug, Skip To My Lou, Polly Wolly Doodle
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra


Champagne Music Is Born

Record 2 Side A

1 Scatter Brain

2 Medley - Trail Of The Lonesome Pine, Dance With A Dolly, Way Down Yonder

3 Firefly Serenade

4 The Object of My Affection

5 Medley - A Little Bit Independent, I'll Never Say Never Again, Again, You're
Driving Me Crazy
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra


Champagne Music Is Born

Record 2 Side B

1 Every Little Movement

2 It Must Be True

3 Cornsilk

4 Rustic Dance

5 Emerald Hop

6 If I Loved You
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra


The Ballroom Days

Record 3 Side A

1 South

2 Clarinet Marmalade

3 Ol' man River

4 Coppelia

5 By Heck

6 Granada
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra


The Ballroom Days

Record 3 Side B

1 Josephine

2 In A Little Second Hand Store

3 Trumpet Rag

4 Blue and Broken Hearted

5 Let's Fall In Love

6 Plenty of Brass
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra


Early Television Days

Record 4 Side A

1 Bubbles In The Wine - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra

2 Greensleeves - The Lennon Sisters

3 The Song Is You - Joe Feeney

4 The Sheik of Araby - Jo Ann Castle

5 Oh Happy Day - Larry Hooper

6 The Wiffenpoof Song - The Lawrence Welk Glee Club


Early Television Days

Record 4 Side B

1 I'm In The Mood For Love - Alice Lon

2 Third Man Theme - Jerry Burke

3 I Don't Know Why - Jim Roberts

4 My Blue Heaven - Lawrence Welk and Myron Floren

5 Melody Of Love - Aladdin

6 Battle Hymn Of The Republic - Norma Zimmer


The Gold Records

Record 5 Side A

1 Calcutta

2 Moon River

3 Baby Elephant Walk

4 Wedding Of The Winds

5 Apples And Bananas

6 Misty
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra


The Gold Records

Record 5 Side B

1 Days Of Wine And Roses

2 Stockholm

3 Watch What Happens

4 The Good Life

5 Young At Heart

6 Blue Velvet
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra


The Musical Family Today

Record 6 Side A

1 True Love - Norma Zimmer and Jim Roberts

2 Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Sandi and Salli

3 Try To Remember - Ken Delo

4 Cielito Lindo - Anacani

5 Exodus - Bob Ralston and Bob Smale

6 Amazing Grace - Guy and Ralna


The Musical Family Today

Record 6 Side B

1 Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Henry Cuesta

2 I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Tanya Welk

3 I'm Movin' On - Clay Hart

4 Flight Of The Bumble Bee - Myron Floren

5 Stars Fell On Alabama - Dick Dale

6 My North Dakota Home - The Musical Family

LAWRENCE IN DIXIE-LAND

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LAWRENCE WELK PLAYS DITTIES WITH A DIXIE BEAT


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SIDE ONE

1 O WHERE O WHERE HAS MY LITTLE DOG GONE

2 ROCK A BYE BABY

3 MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN

4 CHOP STICKS BOOGIE

5 BRAHMS LULLABY

6 POLLY WOLLY DOODLE


SIDE TWO

1 THREE BLIND MICE

2 REUBEN AND RACHEL

3 TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR

4 MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB

5 O DEAR WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE

6 THE BEAR JUMPED OVER THE MOUNTAIN


ARRANGED AND ADAPTED BY HEINIE BEAU
COVER PHOTO BY GENE TRINDL, COURTESY T.V. GUIDE
MFD. FOR TELEKLEW PROD. INC.

T.V. Guide, weather vane of popular favor, has featured Lawrence Welk on its covers more times than anybody except Arthur Godfrey. The cover of this album, for example, also appears on the cover of T.V. Guide in one of its summer editions.


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LAWRENCE WELK Presents DICK KESNER

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LAWRENCE
WELK Presents

DICK KESNER
and his Stradivarius Violin

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Side One

1 SILVER MOON
Sigmund Romberg-Dorothy Donnely

2 ZIGEUNER
Noel Coward

3 MY HEART STILL REMEMBERS
George Cates-Paul Francis Webster

4 I LOVE YOU TRULY

5 WHEN THE HARVEST MOON IS SHINING
A. Sterling-H. Von Tilzer

6 PLAY FIDDLE PLAY
E. Deutsch-A. Altman-Jack Lawrence


Side Two

1 MELODY OF LOVE
H. Engelmann

2 THE KISS IN YOUR EYES
Johnny Burke-R. Heuberger

3 LULLABY OF LOVE
George Cates-Paul Francis Webster

4 ALL I WANT IS JUST YOUR LOVE
Geo. A. Kershaw-Harry Von Tilzer

5 I'LL BE WITH YOU WHEN THE ROSES BLOOM IN SPRING
Geo. A. Kershaw-Harry Von Tilzer

6 FAREWELL JUANITA
George Cates-Paul Francis Webster


Arrangements by Ray Austin


IMPORTANT!

This monaural Long Play record can also be played on a Stereo phonograph -

resulting in even better sound reproduction than that obtained from conventional

phonographs.

LAWRENCE WELK presents PETE FOUNTAIN

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LAWRENCE WELK

presents

PETE FOUNTAIN


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SELECTIONS INCLUDE:


Side One

1 WHEN MY BABY SMILES AT ME
Bill Mauro-Andrew Sterling-Ted Lewis

2 SUMMERTIME
George Gershwin-DuBose Heyward

3 IF I HAD YOU
Ted Shapiro-Jimmy Campbell-Reg Connely

4 LA VIA EN ROSE
Louiguy-Edith Piaf

5 ON THE ALAMO
Isham Jones-Gus Kahn

6 TIGER RAG
Original Dixieland Jazz Band


Side Two

1 I WANT A GIRL
(Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)
William Dillon-Harry Von Tilzer

2 DANCING IN THE DARK
Arthur Schwartz-Howard Dietz

3 MY BLUE HEAVEN
Walter Donaldson-George Whiting

4 THAT OLD FEELING
Lew Brown-Sammy Fain

5 I'M LOOKING OVER A FOUR LEAF CLOVER
Harry Woof-Mort Dixon

6 HINDUSTAN
Oliver G. Wallace-Harold Weeks

my golden favorites - LAWRENCE WELK and his champagne music

CRL 57353

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my golden favorites

LAWRENCE WELK

and his champagne music



CRL 57353
LONG PLAY 33 1/3 RPM



IMPORTANT!
This monaural Long Play record can also be played on a Stereo phonograph -
resulting in even better sound reproduction than that obtained from conventional
phonographs.



Side One

1 TILL WE MEET AGAIN
Richard A. Whiting-Raymond B. Egan
Vocal by Roberta Linn

2 FULL MOON AND EMPTY ARMS
Buddy Kaye- Ted Mossman

3 CLAIR DE LUNE
Claude Debussy-Arr:Lucien Cailliet

4 TILL THE END OF TIME
Buddy Kaye-Ted Mossman

5 I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS
Isham Jones-Gus Kahn
Vocal By Roberta Linn

6 SUNRISE SERENADE
Frankie Carle-Jack Lawrence
Accordion Solo By Myron Floren


Side Two

1 MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL
Lucky Roberts-Kim Gannon
Accordion Solo By Myron Floren

2 TWILIGHT TIME
B. Ram-A. Dunn-M. Nevins-A. Nevins

3 LISBON ANTIGUA
J. Galhardo-A. do Vale-Raul Portela

4 I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT
Frederick Loewe-A. J. Lerner
Vocal By Alice Lon And The Sparklers

5 MOONGLOW and Theme From "Picnic"
Hudsom-DeLange-Mills Duning

6 STRANGER IN PARADISE
Robert Wright-George Forrest



When the history of our era is written, Lawrence Welk will undoubtedly be

remembered as one of the most startling phenomena in show business. The

popularity of his TV shows and his countless recordings stand unprecedented,

almost legendary. And when the history books are read by people in "for real"

spacesuits some hundreds of years form now, we suspect they might still be

listening to, and enjoying, Welk recordings such as those lovingly assembled in

this album.


You'll hear the poignant Till We Meet Again, with a vocal by Roberta Linn; the

enchanting Full Moon And Empty Arms; the immortal Debussy classic, Clair De Lune;

Till The End of Time; the tender I'll See You In My Dreams, with a vocal by

Roberta Linn; Sunrise Serenade and Moonlight Cocktail, with accordion solos by

Myron Floren; Twilight Time; the captivating Lisbon Antigua; the "My Fair Lady"

smash, I Could Have Danced All Night, with a vocal by Champagne Lady Alice Lon ;

the haunting Moonglow and Theme from "Picnic"' and the melodic Stranger In

Paradise.


These are Lawrence Welk's Golden Favorites...Yours too, perhaps.

Harrah's LAWRENCE WELK - LIVE AT LAKE TAHOE

Harrah's

LAWRENCE WELK
LIVE AT LAKE TAHOE

SPECIAL 2 RECORD SET

INCLUDES
LIVE ACTION PHOTOS


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Side One:

1 FANFARES AND OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS
(George Cates)
Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co (ASCAP) :22

2 I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES
(Brockman Kendes Vincent Kellete)
Warner Bros. Music (ASCAP) 1:00

3 WHEN DAY IS DONE
(Katsher-DeSylva)
Anne Rachel Music (ASCAP), Harms Corp. Inc. (ASCAP) 3:30
Orchestra and Chorus conducted by George Cates

4 GRANADA
(Lara)
Peer Int'l. (BMI) 2:50
Anacani

5 WHO CAN I TURN TO
(Newley-Bricusse)
Workshop PRoductions Inc. (BMI) 2:05
Joe Feeney and Chorus

6 DEEP RIVER
(adapted and arranged by Bob Ballard)
Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP) 2:16


Side Two

1 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE
(Brooks)
Columbia Pictures Music Corp. (ASCAP) 2:55
Guy & Ralna

2 I WON'T LAST A DAY WITHOUT YOU
(Williams-Nichols)
Almo Music Corp. (ASCAP) 2:54
Tom Netherton

3 CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO
(Warren-Gordon)
Leo Feist Inc. (ASCAP) 2:45
Orchestra, with Sandi, Gail & Mary Lou

4 THE WAY WE WERE
(Hamlisch-Bergman-Bergman)
Colgems-EMI Music Inc. (ASCAP) 2:54
Kathie Sullivan with Joe Livoti

5 WAIT 'TIL THE SUN SHINES, NELLIE
(adapted and arranged by Curt Ramsey)
Harry Von Tilzer Music PUblishing Co. (ASCAP) 1:28
Tap Dancing by Arthur Duncan


Side Three:

1 THE HAWAIIAN WEDDING SONG
(Hoffman-Manning-King_
Pickwick Music Corp. (ASCAP) 2:22
Ken Delo & Girls

2 DANCE OF THE COMEDIANS
(adapted and arranged by George Cates and Joe Rizzo)
Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP) 1:58
Myron Floren

3 BEER BARREL POLKA
(Brown-Timm Vejovoda-Zerman)
Shapiro-Bernstein & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) 1:51
Myron Floren

4 YOU'RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME
(Warren-Dubin) Warner Bros. Muisc (ASCAP) 1:02
Dick Dale

5 YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU
(Monaco-McCarthy)
Broadway Music Corp. (ASCAP) 1:41
Johnny Zell

6 MISSISSIPPI MUD
(Barris-Cavanaugh)
Shapiro-Bernstein & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) 1:46
Larry Hooper & Quartet

7 CATCH A FALLING STAR
(Pockriss-Vance) Marvin Music Co. (ASCAP) 1:40
Girls' Chorus

Side Four:

1 STAR WARS
(Williams)
20th Century Music Corporation (ASCAP) 3:52
Orchestra

2 COTTONFIELDS
(Ledbetter)
Folkways Music Publishers Inc. (ASCAP) 2:26
Otwell Bros. and Aldridge Sisters

3 LA VIE EN ROSE
(Piaf-David-Louiguy)
Warner Bros. Music (ASCAP) 2:15
Lawrence Welk, Myron Floren, Jimmy Roberts

4 BUCKET TO THE SOUTH
(Davies)
Beechwood Music/Dickerson Music (BMI) 2:40
Ava Barber

5 PANAMA
(Lambert-Dolin)
Shaprio-Bernstein & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) 3:02
Orchestra (solos by Johnny Zell, Russ Klein, Bob Havens, Bob Smale, Paul

Humphrey)

6 PANAMA REPRISE
(Lambert-Dolin)
Shapiro-Bernstein & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) :27
Orchestra

7 ADIOS, AU REVOIR, AUF WIDERSEHN
(Cates-Elliot)
Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP) :30
Entire Cast


Produced by George Cates, Bob Ballard, and Lawrence Welk

Arrangers : Bob Ballard, George Cates, Jack Pleis, Curt Ramsey, Joe Fizzo, Bob

Smale.

Location Recoding Engineers: Biff Dawes; Paul Sandweiss for Filmways/Heider

Recording

Remix Mastering Engineers: Thorne Nogar, Fern Dorrell for Annex Studios, L.A.

Show PRoduction: Jim Hobson, Jack Imel

Set Design: Chuck Koon

Costume Designer: Rose Weiss

Continuity: George Thow

Photography: Dave Armstrong

Cover Design: Desmond Strobel

A special thanks to Doug Bushousen, Bob McClure and the Harrah Staff whose

cooperation made this album possible.


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PC 1979 Teleklew Productions, Inc.

Manufactured & Distributed by Ranwood Records.

A Division of the GRT Corporation, 9034 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90069

Printed in U.S.A.

LAWRENCE WELK - TV Western Theme Songs

LAWRENCE WELK

TV Western Theme Songs


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HIGH-FIDELITY


CRL 57267

Printed in U.S.A.
LONG PLAY 33 1/3 RPM


SELECTIONS INCLUDE:


Side One

1 BALLAD OF PALADIN
R. Boon-S. Rolfe-J. Western
From TV Series "Have Gun Will Travel"

2 THE RESTLESS GUN
M. GReen-D. Kahn-M. Lenard
From TV Series "The Restless Gun"

3 (Roll Along) WAGON TRAIN
S. Fain-J. Brooks
From TV Series "Wagon Train"

4 BROKEN ARROW
P. Sawtell-N. Washington
From TV Series "Broken Arrow"

5 SUGARFOOT
M. Steiner-R. Heindorf-P. F. Webster
From Warner Bros TV Series "Sugarfoot"

6 TALES OF WELLS FARGO
M. Greene-S. J. Wilson
From TV Series "Tales of Wells Fargo"


Side Two

1 THE LEGEND OF WYATT EARP
From ABC TV Series "The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp"
H. Warren-H. Adamson

2 MAVERICK
D. Buttolph-P. F. Webster
From Warner Bros. TV Series "Maverick"

3 CHEYENNE
W. Lava-S. Jones
From Warner Bros TV Series "Cheyenne"

4 GUNSMOKE
G. Spencer-R. Koury
From TV Series "Gunsmoke"

5 TWENTY MULE TRAIN
H. Raylor-M. Raskin
From TV Series "Death Valley Days"

6 MY CALICO GAL
M. Greene-S. Wilson
From TV Series "Buckskin"


There is a certain (quite pleasant) inevitability in the musical merger of two of television's most potent forces: Lawrence Welk and The Adult Western.The almost universal popularity of each is an established fact among viewers, as Bert Piel calls us all, yet it is one of the mysteries of our time why no one before this conceived the idea of having Maestro Welk shake musical hands with his fellow tenants of the Great Glass House.

Well, that oversight is hereby remedied, and the exciting and memorable "main title" themes that serve to introduce such brethren of the Colt as Paladin, Matt Dillon, the Mavericks, Cheyenne, Major Adams, Wyatt Earp, Vint Bonner, Jim Hardy and other trusty heroes are now presented front and center to receive the inimitable, highly listenable and always delightful Welk treatment.

The Western is, of course, one of our most touching, typically American folk myths. We know in our hearts and minds, before the opening commercial (which always seems endless!) reaches its close, that the good guy will always win; that the bad guy or guys will end up sadder, wiser, behind bars - or dead on dusty Main Street. We know our hero will be sorely tried; he'll be beaten, ambushed (dry-gulched or bushwhacked, son!), betrayed (she's purty but she really don't mean no good, Miiister Dillon), and in general made a fool of. But the relentless combination of masculine merit, the honest face and the fast draw, will see him through. Outlaws visibly blanche at the mention of his name (did you say Vint Bonner?) and he frequently is wounded; yet he's always as sound as a dollar comes next week. The bad guys still tend to wear black hats; the good, white ones. The "Doc" is ever to be trusted, never to be listened to. Cattle are still being rustled like mad; Civil War scars never quite heal, do they? And we still hear the familiar film cry, head'em off at the pass!

Sure, they're easy to poke fun at. They're repetitive, predictable, convention-bound, bloody, and oversimplified. But as the various TV rating services mercilessly prove each week, we watch 'em, we listen to 'em and we love 'em. All of us.

Why? Because the world of the Western is a man's world, where sense of duty and personal heroism are a dual way of life. The Western hero is a man's man, with lithe, animal prowess to distinguish him. He wears a glint of death on his hip and a reminder of The Law on his lapel. If there is a better myth in which to lose one's self; a better escape from the humdrum, the irrational and the complicated, it has yet to reveal itself. Meanwhile back at the ranch-type (or split-level) the guns
begin to boom across the land each night as the dinner dishes are put away.

The TV Western has as its progenitor the Hollywood film Western. Beginning with the earliest "talkies" and culminating in such classics as "High Noon", "Red River", "The Gunfighter", "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral", "The Hanging Tree", etc., the supporting music accompanying the Western has drawn on the country's top composers. On television, Western musical themes continue the "High Noon" tradition; each show has its own memorable and distinctive "main title" introduction and finale. Strung together, as they are here, they make wonderful listening, evoking a composite portrait of hundreds of happy half-hours in the West. And Lawrence Welk's unique sparkling arrangements make them even more memorable.

Welk - whose own weekly TV shows are viewed by millions - is probably the most popular music-maker of our Television Age. His skillful palette of talented performers, good music, superb presentation and genuine personal charm have seldom been blended to better advantage. So, let's all follow the downbeat of Maestro Welk as the TV set lights up and ... they went thataway!

- Mort L. Nasatir

With a Song in my Heart - LAWRENCE WELK and his Champagne Music

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With a Song in my Heart

LAWRENCE WELK
and his Champagne Music


Instrumental


SELECTIONS INCLUDE:


Side One

1 With A Song In My Heart
Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart

2 Peg O' My Heart
Fred Fisher-Alfred Bryan

3 Young at Heart
Johnny Richards-Carolyn Leigh

4 When Hearts Are Young
Sigmund Romberg-Alfred Goodman-Cyrus Wood

5 My Foolish Heart
Victor Young-Ned Washington

6 Does Your Heart Beat For Me
Russ Morgan-Arnold Johnson-Mitchell Parish


Side Two

1 Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
James F. Hanley

2 Yours is My Heart Alone
Franz Lehar-Ludwig Herzer-Fritz Lohner

3 You Belong To My Heart
Agustin Lara-Ray Gilbert

3 Cross Your Heart
Lewis Gensler- B.G. DeSylva

5 I'll Follow My Secret Heart
Noel Coward

6 There Goes My Heart
Benny Davis-Abner Silver


The idea for this sparkling new edition of Lawrence Welk at his Hi-Fi best, was born on the evening after Washington's Birthday 1957.

It was the eve of Heart Sunday - a day that would climax the annual February campaign of the American Heart Association. On Heart Sunday more than one million Americans would call on their neighbors for the contributions needed to speed up the fight against the greatest of killers - heart disease.

On this Heart Sunday eve, 20 million or so of the nation's televiewers got the Heart message from Heart Sunday national chairman Lawrence Welk, who devoted his entire program to the drive. Every number on the show was, in fact, a song of the heart.

That fine program suggested a theme for an album which could serve as good-for-dancing, or good-for-listening, Welk-inspired music. And here is that very album as Lawrence Welk salutes the Heart Fund, with his augmented orchestra in a selection of favorite heart songs.

It's only fitting that this should be so. Lawrence Welk's personality, showmanship, music and array of star performers all seem to reach out over America into the homes in every city, town and village. Thus it is too with the American Heart Association, which also touches homes in every community, every year, thru its widespread local affiliates.

This album is being issued on the tenth anniversary of the American Heart Association's birth as the only national voluntary health agency devoted exclusively to combating the heart diseases. With the support of the public, this organization has carried forward a nationwide program that has saved thousands of hearts and lives.

In a word, Heart Fund dollars buy invaluable Heart Research, Heart Education and Heart Services.

Aside from the February Heart Fun campaign, the American Heart Association accepts with gratitude during the year many other gifts from institutions as well as individuals.

One of these contributors, recognized not only as a friently and warmhearted individual, but as quite an American institution as well, is Lawrence Welk, who has already earmarked his royalties from the sale of this album, for the Heart Fund.

There is little to be said about these fine songs, that they cannot better say themselves. They are simply good songs, familiar songs, songs that have a deep connection with the heart.

The tie-in is there for all to see. Your purchase of this glistening package of Hi-Fi sound adds a bit more armor to the fighting strength of the Heart Fund - and adds a generous portion of listening and dancing enjoyment to your own record collection.

LET'S GET ACQUAINTED - THE LENNON SISTERS

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LET'S GET ACQUAINTED

THE LENNON SISTERS

Vocal Quartet With Instrumental Accompaniment


SELECTIONS INCLUDE :


Side One

1 LET'S GET ACQUAINTED
Stephan Charles-Van Roberts

2 LITTLE WHITE LIES
Walter Donaldson

3 YOUNG AND IN LOVE
Bob Sherman-Bob Roberts
With Orchestra Directed By Tiny Little

4 TEENAGE WALTZ
George Cates-Mort Greene
With Orchestra Directed By Tiny Little

5 POCAHONTAS
Carl Stuts-Edit Lindeman

6 WHITE SILVER SANDS
Charles G. Matthews
With Pete Fountain And HIs Dixieland Boys


Side Two

1 WHEN I'M WITH YOU
Mack Gordon-Harry Revel
Featured In The Motion Picture "Poor Little Rich Girl"

2 ONE DAY A LITTLE GIRL
George Cates-Mort Greene
With Pete Fountain And His Dixieland Boys

3 WALK WITH ME
George Cates-Irving Taylor-Larry Gordon

4 IF I DON'T LOVE YOU
Johnny Burke

5 SHAKE ME I RATTLE
(Squeeze Me I Cry)
Hal Hackady-Charles Naylor

6 GOODNIGHT GOD
Fred Rogers-Josie Carey


Let's get acquainted with the Lennon Sisters - Dianne, Peggy, Kathy & Janet - those four talented youngsters who sing their way into the hearts of millions of television viewers each week, via Lawrence Welk's network shows.

Representing half of Bill and Isobel Lennon's family of eight children tehre was always much to do around their Venice, California home. Singing together was the way the girls made their dishwashing chores lighter and their family duties more like fun than work. Humming lullabies and play-party songs together was a family affair in which the sisters took delight.

Perhaps some of their natural talent comes to them through their Dad. Bill Lennon had been a featured vocalist with the Paul Whiteman and Freddie Martin Bands in the early forties and for a time had a quartet with his brothers, Pat, Bob and Ted. As a protege of the famous tenor, Tito Shipa, he appeared in Hollywood Bowl concerts.

The girls first performed for friends and relatives and then went "on stage" at church benefits and civic functions. Firfteen-year-old Dianne's St. Monica's schoolmate, Larry Welk, Jr. "discovered" the sisters and got his famous dad to listen to them. Welk Sr. was so impressed with their charm and musical ability that he immediately signed them for a special ABC-TV Christmas show that was in preparation for the 1955 holidays. As soon as the nation's viewers saw them, Welk's judgement and
Larry Jr's foresight were justified.

Billboard, the trade magazine of the music industry, published results of a disc jockey popularity poll shortly thereafter and the Lennon Sisters were within the top ten most promising vocal groups. Noting this, Coral & Brunswick Records began making plans for offering more of their fine work on wax. Hence, several single releases, among them hits like "Tonight You Belong To Me" and "White Silver Sands" and now their first long playing album.

Despite tempting lucrative offers for outside engagements, the girls have remained loyal to their primary duties at home and with their schooling, limiting their professional work to recording and appearing as members of the Welk shows.

With no formal musical training, the girls do their arrangements seated at the kitchen table with a pitch-pipe as their only instrument. Mom helps them with the harmony and Dad coaches on phrasing and expression. Mom also designs and makes all their costumes.

Maestro Welk sums up their charm in the following statement: "They look sweet, sing sweet and have a certain intangible spiritual quality. It gets across to the audience." Listen to these selections...we're sure you will agree.